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{{Short description|British actress and singer}}
{{Short description|British actress and singer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name            = Paddie O'Neil
| name            = Paddie O'Neil
| honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]]
| image          = Actress_Paddie_O'Neil.jpg
| image          = Actress_Paddie_O'Neil.jpg
| caption        = [[w:BBC Radio]] publicity still c.1945
| caption        = [[w:BBC Radio|BBC Radio]] publicity still c.1945
| birth_name      = Adalena Lillian Nail
| birth_name      = Adalena Lillian Nail
| birth_date      = {{Birth date|1926|05|01|df=y}}
| birth_date      = {{Birth date|1926|05|01|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[w:Leominster|Leominster]], [[Herefordshire]], England
| birth_place      = [[w:Leominster|Leominster]], [[w:Herefordshire|Herefordshire]], England
| death_date      = {{Death date and age|2010|01|31|1926|05|01|df=y}}  
| death_date      = {{Death date and age|2010|01|31|1926|05|01|df=y}}  
| death_place      = [[w:London|London]], England
| death_place      = [[w:London|London]], England
| occupation      = Actress, singer
| occupation      = Actress, singer
| spouse          = {{marriage|[[Alfred Marks]]|1952|1996|end=his death}}
| spouse          = {{marriage|[[Alfred Marks]]|1952|1996|end=d.}}
| children        = 2
| children        = 2
}}
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'''Paddie O'Neil''' [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]], (born '''Adalena Lillian Nail''', 1 May 1926 &ndash; 31 January 2010) was a British actress and singer.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/mar/25/paddie-oneil-obituary Obituary ''The Guardian'', 26 March 2010]</ref><ref>Obituary ''[[w:The Independent|London Independent]]'', 27 April 2010.</ref>
'''Paddie O'Neil''' [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]], (born '''Adalena Lillian Nail''', 1 May 1926 &ndash; 31 January 2010) was a British actress and singer.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/mar/25/paddie-oneil-obituary Obituary ''The Guardian'', 26 March 2010]</ref><ref>Obituary ''[[w:The Independent|London Independent]]'', 27 April 2010.</ref>


The daughter of circus and fairground performers, O'Neil spent her childhood travelling and performing at fairgrounds. While at stage school in London she was spotted and signed up by the BBC. She was a singer on the radio during the war years, and presented the variety show ''Navy Mixture''. Paddie met the actor [[Alfred Marks]] while performing in Brighton, and they were married in 1952. They had two children. Also a writer of comedy material, Paddie was the first female writer-producer to be hired by Independent Television at its inception in 1954.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}
The daughter of circus and fairground performers, O'Neil spent her childhood travelling and performing at fairgrounds. While at stage school in London she was spotted and signed up by the BBC. She was a singer on the radio during the war years, and presented the variety show ''Navy Mixture''. Paddie met the actor [[Alfred Marks]] while performing in Brighton, and they were married in 1952. They had two children. Also a writer of comedy material, Paddie was the first female writer-producer to be hired by Independent Television at its inception in 1954.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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*[http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/feature.php/27397/paddie-oneil Obituary in ''The Stage'']
*[http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/feature.php/27397/paddie-oneil Obituary in ''The Stage'']
*[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/paddie-oneil-expressive-actress-and-comedienne-who-worked-with-peter-sellers-and-dick-vosburgh-1955029.html Obituary in ''The Independent'']
*[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/paddie-oneil-expressive-actress-and-comedienne-who-worked-with-peter-sellers-and-dick-vosburgh-1955029.html Obituary in ''The Independent'']
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Latest revision as of 13:45, 15 January 2023

Paddie O'Neil
Actress Paddie O'Neil.jpg
BBC Radio publicity still c.1945
Born
Adalena Lillian Nail

(1926-05-01)1 May 1926
Died31 January 2010(2010-01-31) (aged 83)
London, England
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Spouse
(m. 1952; died 1996)
Children2

Paddie O'Neil OBE, (born Adalena Lillian Nail, 1 May 1926 – 31 January 2010) was a British actress and singer.[1][2]

The daughter of circus and fairground performers, O'Neil spent her childhood travelling and performing at fairgrounds. While at stage school in London she was spotted and signed up by the BBC. She was a singer on the radio during the war years, and presented the variety show Navy Mixture. Paddie met the actor Alfred Marks while performing in Brighton, and they were married in 1952. They had two children. Also a writer of comedy material, Paddie was the first female writer-producer to be hired by Independent Television at its inception in 1954.

Filmography

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